Video Beer Review: Calavera Lager – Spindletap Brewing
Dan Beck
Check out the latest video review from Dan on Spindletap’s Calavera Mexican Lager!
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| Jul 11, 2021
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Walking Stick Brewing Offers Good Brews and Great Vibes
| Jul 7, 2021Cody Miller
I remember visiting Walking Stick Brewing when they initially opened. Their indoor tap room wasn’t built out yet. They served beer out of a model train adjacent to their beer garden. Visiting in peak summer would’ve been brutal. Though recently, I paid them a visit after the long hiatus, and I can now say that
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New Video Contributor Introduction: Dan Beck
| Jul 3, 2021HEEEYYY !!! I’m Dan Beck (BREWS WITH BECK on YouTube), and how the hell are ya??!! I grew up in Coors Town (Golden, CO), attended CU Boulder (party / craft beer school) and have lived in Los Angeles for 20 years now pursuing entertainment, sports glory, and stellar beers. Beer used to be something I wanted cheap
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Houston-area beers you should be drinking this Summer
| Jun 22, 2021Sylvia Benavidez
Summertime in Houston has me reaching for all the ice cold crispy light beers with tons of flavor. Whether you are enjoying a few beers after work in your backyard, or out around town with friends – here are a few Houston area beers you should try that are guaranteed to make you feel cool
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A Hangout in the Heights
| Jun 14, 2021Josh Wharton
Located just off White Oak Bayou at 17th, New Magnolia has created a great spot for the Houston beer drinker. Their taproom and brewery feels old school in the best way possible. They don’t try to be anything but a place to drink their great beer, with an assortment of seating from a long bar
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Quadratonic by City Acre
| May 21, 2021James Weiss
I like strong beers. Barrel-aged stouts, boozy barleywines, high ABV DIPAs, whatever. Unlike some breweries whose sole intention seems to be making all of their beers so strong no mortal man can finish a pint while remaining upright, City Acre doesn’t generally produce especially strong beers just because they’re bored. So when I saw that
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Hard Seltzers Have Landed at Houston Breweries
| May 10, 2021The summer of 2019 was the summer of White Claws and Trulys. They were the perfect option for a low-calorie, light, refreshing beverage for people who may not like beer. Hard Seltzers could barely stay on the shelf at the grocery store. The big beer brands took notice, and the summer of 2020 was the
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Beer Spotlight: Rand, Belgian Golden Strong from Back Pew Brewing
| Apr 22, 2021This month’s beer spotlight is a unique beer experiment by our friends at Back Pew Brewing, just northeast of Houston in Porter Texas. Head brewer, Bobby Harl, named this 5th year anniversary beer “Rand” after Rand al’ Thor, one of the main protagonists in Robert Jordan’s fantasy book series, The Wheel of Time. And let
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A Whole (Foods) New Brew
| Apr 19, 2021Whole Foods Brewing just released their second can this week without much fanfare. I was fortunate enough to be at the Post Oak location earlier this week and saw these cans in the cooler, so I had to grab them to try. This is the first of Head Brewer Chris Shelton’s original recipes that I
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Make No Mistake: 11 Below’s Big Mistake is as Good as it Gets
| Apr 10, 2021One of the yearly beer releases that I look forward to the most is 11 Below Brewing’s Big Mistake. It’s a rich stout aged in Yellow Rose Distilling rye and bourbon barrels, with the beer clocking in at a smidge under 13% ABV. The beer pours thick with a very dark brown foam head. The
